The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-04
the GOVERNMENT ORGAN COR
REcTEO,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OESau, Tile UcvtC
Commercial Advertiser, after stat
ing in its first issue under the new
ownership its purpose "to convey
correct information to the public"
starts on q course Of misrepresent-
alton, Justification, and downright
lying. Its second issue, yesterday,
was rather Of the character signified
by the first two of the three words
just now used, which are slightly
milder than the last of the trio. The
third issue, to-day, can only be cor
rectly characterised by the term
downright lying. A public journal
may commit an error or tell an un-
truth unintentionally, for the want
of "correct information. This is
not the case with our contemporary.
Its untruths are of the most criminal
nature. They are uttered in cold
blood, knowing them to be untruths,
and with the view of misleading its
readers, particularly the strangers
now visiting our shores and the peo-
pie in foreign countries TO whom that
publication is sent at the expense of
the public. This cold-blooded falsi-
tication on the part of the Govern
ment is of itself sufficient proof of
what the BULLETIN has asserted, or
intimated, over and over again;
namely, that our Government, or
that portion of it which does the
talking, is utterly destitute of, and
entirely dead to, sense of honor
and no gentleman can respect, or
have confidence in, Government
whose words and actions are neither
directed nor controlled by this
sacred principle.
Our visitors are told that Sin
looking around and considering the
state Of affairs under their observ-
alton, they will not find anything
more in our heated political discus.
sions than restless anxiety fol
political change" What may be
the precise meaning of this, is un.
certain. II it includes an entire re-
formation in the administration O.
the public affairs of the country, i
may be allowed to pass. But i
not, it must be stamped as a pre-
varication. SIN looking around,
"Our American friends, or British
either for that matter" will find n,
difficulty in discovering that the in
telligencs, respectability, and wealtl
Of this country are in a state O
''restless anxiety for complet,
reformation, and nothing less vii
satisfy them. We want govern
ment for the people, and not for th'
qualification Of the childish whim
of two or three persons. We pa,
our taxes cheerfully, and desire t.
see them judiciously and economic
ally expended for the general good
But instead thereof. we see ther
squandered upon useless army,
despicable navy, an antiQuated wa
ship, a contemplate genealogy board
Hawaiian board of kahuna
(sorcerers), ridiculous foreign mis-
siOns, etc., etc., while our publi
thoroughfares are in the condition
which our visitors see for them
selves, our harbor is filling up will
mud, our wharves are insufficien
for our needs, etc., etc. In short
the taxes are not used for the benefi
OF the people, and the people are be
coming more and more dissatisiie,
every day. We want no more thai
our rights. We have over and owe
again demanded these, and hav
been treated either with insolenc
or unconcern. We are tired of sucl
treatment. We think we have en-
dured it patiently long enough. w,
are "restless" for a change whiol
involves a complete reformation.
is not party feeling which trouble
the community. Measures, no
men, are what the people are cryin.
out for, and measures that shall b,
beneficial to the nation at large.
The Government organ know
that these are not ''amusing exag
gerations about the tone and temper
of the Masses" but "the words O
truth and soberness. 1t may bt